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Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE)
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Publications

Take a look at CHIBE’s publications, which are helping advance the science of using behavioral economics to improve health and leading to discoveries around how our minds work.

ChatGPT Influence on Medical Decision-Making, Bias, and Equity: A Randomized Study of Clinicians Evaluating Clinical Vignettes

medRxiv
November 27, 2023
Ethan Goh, Bryan Bunning, Elaine Khoong, Robert Gallo, Arnold Milstein, Damon Centola, Jonathan H. Chen

Experimental Evidence for Structured Information-Sharing Networks Reducing Medical Errors

PNAS
July 24, 2023
Damon Centola, Joshua Becker, Jingwen Zhang, Jaya Aysola, Douglas Guilbeault, Elaine Khoong

Scaling Up Change: A Critical Review and Practical Guide to Harnessing Social Norms for Climate Action

Association for Psychological Science
October 13, 2022
Sara M. Constantino, Gregg Sparkman, Gordon T. Kraft-Todd, Cristina Bicchieri, Damon Centola, Bettina Shell-Duncan, Sonja Vogt, Elke U. Weber

The reduction of race and gender bias in clinical treatment recommendations using clinician peer networks in an experimental setting

Nature Commmunications
November 16, 2021
Centola D, Guilbeault D, Sarkar U, Khoong E, Zhang J.

Topological measures for identifying and predicting the spread of complex contagions

Nature
July 20, 2021
Douglas Guilbeault & Damon Centola

Considering network interventions

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
December 29, 2020
Damon Centola

Impact of network structure on collective learning: An experimental study in a data science competition

PLoS ONE
September 4, 2020
Brackbill D, Centola D.

Networked Collective Intelligence Improves Dissemination Of Scientific Information Regarding Smoking Risks

PLoS One
February 6, 2020
Douglas Guilbeault, MA; Damon Centola, PhD

Social learning and partisan bias in the interpretation of climate trends

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
September 4, 2018
Douglas Guilbeault MA; Joshua Becker MA; Damon Centola PhD

Social Media as a Tool to Promote Health Awareness: Results from an Online Cervical Cancer Prevention Study

Journal of Cancer Education
June 11, 2018
Helena C. Lyson, PhD; Gem M. Le, PhD, MHS; Jingwen Zhang, PhD, MA, BA; Natalie Rivadeneira, MPH; Courtney Lyles, PhD; Kate Radcliffe, BA; Rena J. Pasick, DrPH; George Sawaya, MD; Urmimala Sarkar, MD; Damon Centola, PhD

Experimental evidence for tipping points in social convention

Science
June 8, 2018
Damon Centola, PhD; Joshua Becker, PhD; Devon Brackbill, PhD, MA, BA; Andrea Baronchelli, PhD

Network dynamics of social influence in the wisdom of crowds

PNAS
April 13, 2017
Joshua Becker; Devon Brackbill, Ph.D.; Damon Centola, PhD.

Support or competition? How online social networks increase physical activity: A randomized controlled trial.

Preventive Medicine Reports
August 9, 2016
Jingwen Zhang, Ph.D.; Devon Brackbill, Ph.D.; Sijia Yang, M.A.; Joshua Becker, M.A.; Natalie Herbert, M.A.; Damon Centola, Ph.D.